Registration, submission and evaluation
  • All team members must register and participate as per the official registration guidelines.
  • Team size should ideally be between 3 to 5 members.
  • Individual participants or teams with fewer than 3 members can submit proposals in Phase 1. If shortlisted, they will be paired with other participants to form a complete team of 3–5 members for the in-person hackathon.
  • Each participant can be part of only one team.
  • Pre-built or pre-existing solutions are strictly not allowed. All ideas, prototypes, and code must be developed during the official hackathon window.
  • Use of publicly available open-source libraries or models is permitted, but should be clearly acknowledged.
  • Any form of plagiarism, code copying, or idea theft will lead to immediate disqualification.
  • Teams are expected to build original, functional, and ethical solutions.
  • Participants must adhere to the event schedule and submit deliverables within the stipulated timelines.
  • Mentor guidance is advisory, and final implementation decisions lie with the teams.
  • The final decision of the GroMo jury will be binding and non-negotiable.
  • GroMo will retain usage rights to the code and solutions developed during the hackathon for potential integration into its internal systems.
  • GroMo, along with its partners AWS, will, on best effort basis provide:
    • Environment for deployment
    • LLM credits for AI development
    • Code Repositories
  • GroMo shall provide an active internet connection to all participants in the designated area.
  • Participants will be responsible to bring their own (laptop, mobiles etc) devices and other software/hardware/peripherals required for their development work.
  • For other rules and guidelines, please refer to gromo.in/gromo-hackathon